Jakim chief and Jamil Khir seeking audience with Johor ruler


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 14 Oct 2017

Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) director-general Tan Sri Othman Mustapha and Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Islamic affairs (pix), will be seeking an audience with Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

In a statement Saturday, Othman said that this audience would be sought as soon as possible to explain the issues related to preacher Zamihan Mat Zin’s now-viral sermon on a Muslim-only laundrette in Johor.

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